ancient greece
Who was the most original philosopher?
Socrates is considered the "Father of Western Philosophy," but perhaps that honorific should go to Plato.
A fable of ancient Greece: when the mythic universe became a rational machine
This short story is a fictional account of two very real people — Anaximander and Anaximenes, two ancient Greeks who tried to make sense of the universe.
Thales: Ancient Greeks built the cosmos with right triangles
The ancient Greeks were obsessed with geometry, which may have formed the basis of their philosophical cosmology.
Pyrrho and the Skeptical way of life: ignorance is bliss
Why saying, "I don't know," might be the best thing you can do.
Hidden philosophy of the Pythagorean theorem
Pythagoras may have believed that the entire cosmos was constructed out of right triangles.
Electric eels and gladiator blood: the curious beginnings of modern medicine
Hippocrates overturned conventional wisdom and invented modern medicine.
Twisted humor and life advice from Diogenes the Cynic
Diogenes was no doubt odd, but Cynicism might just help our overcrowded lives.
Gossip was a powerful tool for the powerless in Ancient Greece
Through calculated use of gossip, women, non-citizens, or slaves wielded a potent weapon against those who wronged them.
8 Yale University courses you can take online, for free
"The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think," Albert Einstein said. So go back to school, Ivy League style.
The Economic Glory That Was Greece
What made the Golden Age of Greece, and Western Civilization, possible? One author says "free trade".